                         {:id (if (= tag-id "root") nil tag-id)})
 
                        (as-> query
-                           (let [f
+                           (let [fts-query (clojure.string/trim fts-query)]
                              (if (empty? fts-query) query
                                  (ix/webdoc-pred-search* query fts-query))))
                        


                    (ring.util.response/response row))))

           )
  )
;; END Users reference book
;;..................................................................................................

                 (ix/tag-tree-as-flat-groups)))

           ;; TAGS WORK ------------------------------------------------------
           
           (POST "/save" request
                 (-> request
                     :params
